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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

New York rates for HCPCS 41019

A procedure to place thin needles or small tubes into tissues of the head or neck to prepare for internal radiation treatment. The radioactive material itself is applied in a separate service and charged separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation cost?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$468 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,630 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $676 to $11,749Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,047.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,584.89
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where New York sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

New York· 17th of 51

$661

CA $1,349WV $479

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.